With birds, as with her children, Laura has trouble picking a favorite.

Yet more owls have died, this time in Chicago, from rat poison.

Not much is happening in Laura's yard yet, but things will be popping within the coming week or two. (Lang Elliott recorded the Carolina Wren's rolling trill. Laura recorded the wren's song.)

Chickens haven't established themselves as wild, feral birds in most places in the world, but they're still the most abundant bird on the planet.

If chickens found their way to Hawaii on their own, things would have worked out okay for everyone. Unfortunately, they brought humans along, too.

During spring migration, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds usually arrive a couple of weeks after Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers do, for a very good reason.

Millions of years ago, Hawaii was off to a rocky start.

The rules of counting non-native birds are not always consistent.

The most abundant bird on the planet, feeding billions of humans every day, is the chicken. Laura talks about how they became domesticated and some genetic differences between domestic birds and their wild ancestor, the Red Junglefowl. The recording used in this program is of a wild Red Junglefowl in India, recorded and contributed to Xeno-Canto by Lars Lachmann.

Laura remembers a wonderful eclipse from three decades ago.

Is using energy always the same as squandering it?